Did MIT actually get involved in MyLot's affairs?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238276)
Walnut Creek, California
December 23, 2016 12:47pm CST
Since I'm writing about click bait, I thought I'd use a slightly deceptive title for this. The real question is: Did MIT's lawyers get involved with the affairs of the perpetrators of the jive monkey click bait "articles" and ads we have to deal with on MyLot, Facebook, AOL, etc.?
Am I the only one who noticed the change in the ad that (usually) shows two smiling young Asian-looking gals? The header says something like "How two Boston grads changed the insurance industry." Occasionally the two gals miraculously morph into another gal and some Indian-looking dude.
But the header USED to say, "How two MIT grads changed the insurance industry." Did MIT's lawyers actually write a cease and desist letter to whatever company it is that generates that ad? MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is one of the most prestigious Universities in the United States, and presumably would not want to be associated with such rubbish.
Am I the only one who noticed the change? Do you have a least favorite click bait ad (other than Oprah crying, that is)?
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4 responses
@DaddyEvil (174281)
• United States
26 Dec 16
@pgntwo Uhm... I was almost scared to see something pop up, pgn! You never know if it's going to be something alive or something pony just says he fell in love with! LMAO!
Edit to add: And THEN I realized what people might think I meant with my first sentence! SMH! Just because your mind is always in the gutter doesn't mean mine started there! (It usually does, but for once, I am innocent!
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Edit to add: And THEN I realized what people might think I meant with my first sentence! SMH! Just because your mind is always in the gutter doesn't mean mine started there! (It usually does, but for once, I am innocent!)2 people like this
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
26 Dec 16
@DaddyEvil As pure as the driven snow, not that there was much of that about here over Christmas. 
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@JudyEv (381837)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Dec 16
@DaddyEvil Thanks for the good wishes. It's all over now for another year.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
23 Dec 16
could be, people don't like their biz being smeared normally
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@teamfreak16 (43571)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Dec 16
Yes, any of them that has anything to do with Donald Trump.
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@teamfreak16 (43571)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Dec 16
@TheHorse - I'm trying, but he keeps showing up in my feeds.
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@TheHorse (238276)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Dec 16
@teamfreak16 Donald Trump? Never heard of him.
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